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The sales numbers for the comics direct market have been less than stellar, which have caused some to say that it is time for comic fans to make a stand. “Ask not what comics can do for you, but what can YOU do for comics.” All true comics fans must rise up to do their share to save the comics market. But do comics really need saving? Tune in to hear Just Bill’s two cents on the subject.

It’s that time once again… time to see what comics managed to stay on Just Bill’s Favorite Comics Rack throughout 2010! Which publisher leads the pack? What previous Rack-worthy series have returned? What new titles have graced the rack in 2010? Listen in to find out the answers to these questions and more!

[Note: Some issues of Detective Comics featuring Batwoman also made the rack this year, but due to the fact that this episode was done TWICE, it was accidentally skipped and omitted during the actual recording.]

It took me three weeks to finally finish this episode thanks to my addiction to CIVILIZATION V… hopefully it will have been worth the wait. Lots of topics covered in this one, including my two cents on the state of Comics Journalism, criticism and review. Also, my two cents on the DC announcement of a price cut. Then a look at AVENGERS EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES and the current state of AVENGERS comics. All that and then more thoughts on SAVAGE DRAGON, SCALPED, HELLBLAZER, FEAR AGENT, and the VALKYRIE one shot.

Part 1 – The Baltimore Comic Con has come and gone for another year and in the first part of this episode I share my thoughts on this year’s con.

Part 2 – Ramblings and musings on THE UNIQUES, GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY, THE LOSERS (comics and film), RED ROBIN, BATGIRL (including a response to WFTT podcast in which I ramble on incessantly about the history of Stephanie Brown and why Batman is (was?) a dick), FABLES, QUEEN & COUNTRY, and the finale to WORLD WAR HULK.

A super-sized DOCTOR WHO extravaganza! A look at the final episodes of Matt Smith’s introductory series as the Doctor, looking at everything from AMY’S CHOICE through BIG BANG, and then we visit with the Tom Baker era for one final time before his regeneration into Peter Davison, with a look at STATE OF DECAY, WARRIOR’S GATE, THE KEEPER OF TRAKEN and finally LOGOPOLIS. It’s a full bag of traveling in time and space in this one!

After an absence of over a year, it’s the return of the Enter the Drawerbox segment! This time out we take a look at the first eleven issues of QUANTUM and WOODY from Acclaim Comics! Also, it’s Dragon Watch, as we continue our discovery of early SAVAGE DRAGON issues… this time issues 10 – 22. Lotsa comic-y goodness brought to you through a brand new microphone! Yowza!

Main topic is the finale of LOST and how I thought it fell short, a quick review of AVATAR on DVD, then a discussion of bookmarked comics. Followed by Recent Reads including AVENGERS #1, SECRET AVENGERS #1, ELECTRIC ANTS #1, and UNWRITTEN #12.